Last Wednesday, Scott Guthrie announced the release of the .NET Framework Library source code. "You'll be able to download the .NET Framework source libraries via a standalone install (allowing you to use any text editor to browse it locally). We will also provide integrated debugging support of it within VS 2008."

This is big news. It will allow those of us who case about quality to gain a deeper understanding of the frameworks, beyond what the MSDN library, google or even Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector can give us.

Before you get too excited though, it's worth mentioning that you're only allowed to view the source for documentation purposes and to use it for debugging your applications. You are not allowed to modify or redistribute it. But hey, that doesn't make it less useful!